Bug#276089: gksu: doesn't understand non-ascii password

[Nikolaus Schulz]

Package: gksu
Version: 1.2.1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

gksu claims any password containing non-ascii characters to be wrong. 
Verified with german umlauts and s-sharp.

Sigh. Such passwords break quite a series of applications. :-(

Nikolaus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc-fbfix
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE@euro)

Versions of packages gksu depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-4        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgksu1.2-0              1.2.4-1        library providing su and sudo func
ii  libgksuui1.0-0            1.0.2-1        a graphical fronted to su library
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.6-3        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.1-3        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m

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